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The amazing 鈥榟urricane鈥� reindeer create to protect themselves

21 June 2019

If you can imagine an outline of the British Isles and a smartly dressed presenter standing in front of this picture, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a typical summertime weather forecast.

But this swirling maelstrom isn’t rain: it’s reindeer. And here they’re demonstrating their defence against would-be predators.

In Wild Way of the Vikings, narrator Ewan McGregor explained what happens when the animals sense danger — like that of an approaching Viking hunter.

“The alarm wave surges through the herd like an electric current. It’s a defence strategy, designed to confuse any predator. Achieving a clean kill in a swirling melee like this is difficult.”